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Beautiful DIY Wedding Clutch

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We’ve all heard the old English rhyme: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.  If you love tying in traditions to your wedding planning, then this DIY tutorial for a beautiful clutch can fit into almost every one of those categories of having good luck.  It’s fairly simple to make, and thanks to the great step-by-step instructions from the blog Pursenal Issues, you can make one for your own special day.  Maybe you could even have a friend make it for themselves and then “borrow” it for your wedding and you’d have all 4 good luck charms on your side!

Find the tutorial here: Old, New & Blue Wedding Clutch

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Tools for Adding Beads to Cross Stitch

It’s always fun to add a little something extra to your cross stitch patterns, regardless of whether the project actually calls for it.

One way to make a cross stitch design a little more special is to add beads. Some patterns are written for incorporating beads, but it’s always up to you if you want to add them even if the pattern doesn’t call for them. They’re fun to use for eyes, the centers of flowers, to dot the letters with dots on them or just to add decoration beyond the cross stitching.

If you’ve never worked with beads before you might be a little intimidated, but, as with most things, if you have the right tools it will make it so much easier.

I haven’t done a lot of stitching with beads (another thing to try this year!) but Kat at Catkin and Lillie has, and they’ve got a great post all about tools that will make beading on cross stitch that much easier.

I don’t want to spoil it for you because you should click over there and check out all of their suggestions for the best needles, thread and other tools, but I do want to highlight the suggestion to use invisible thread rather than regular embroidery floss when adding beads to your cross stitch.

It’s not literally invisible but it is sort of translucent and hard to see when you stitch with it. Of course that can be a negative because it’s not that easy to see while you’re stitching or if you need to fix a mistake, but it’s a great tool to use if you’re working with different colors of beads in the same project.

Head to Catkin and Lillie to find all their tips and tools to make beading cross stitch easier.

Have you ever used beads in cross stitch? I’d love to hear any tips you might have.

[Photo: Catkin and Lillie]